Asiatic Cheetah Asiatic cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus venaticus) is classified as a “critically endangered” species by the IUCN Red List, and is believed to survive only in Iran. Asiatic cheetahs were once widespread across India but were eradicated in the country …
What are invasive species? An invasive species can be any kind of living organism—an amphibian, plant, insect, fish, fungus, or bacteria—that is not native to an ecosystem and causes harm. The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) defines invasive species as …
What are invasive species? An invasive species can be any kind of living organism—an amphibian, plant, insect, fish, fungus, or bacteria—that is not native to an ecosystem and causes harm. Not all non-native species are invasive. For example, most of …
What is it? The Khangkhui, locally called Khangkhui Mangsor, is a natural limestone cave in Manipur. Excavations carried out by Manipur’s archaeologists had revealed the cave was home to Stone Age communities. The cave has been steeped in the folklore …
What’s in the news? The annual Antarctic ozone hole reached an average area of 23.2 million square kilometres between September 7 and October 13, 2022. NASA said that the depleted area of the ozone layer over the South Pole was …
What’s the news? According to the WWF’s Living Planet Report (LPR) 2022, Wildlife populations monitored across the globe have declined by a massive 69% between 1970 and 2018. Key Highlights of the report Region wise decline in wildlife population According …
What’s the news? The much-awaited tiger safari project of Uttarakhand government is under scanner after a Forest Survey Of India (FSI) report stated that over 6000 trees were illegally cut in the Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR) against the permission of …
Context Drought has become a planetary disaster as around 300 million people in Asia, Africa, North America and Europe are at the grip of drought. Drought as a hazard According to the UNCCD, the world loses 12 million hectares of …
What’s the news? In a major action to address climate change, the US Senate ratified an international agreement that compels the United States and other countries to limit use of hydrofluorocarbons, highly potent greenhouse gases commonly used in refrigeration and …
Context Recently, the Intergovernmental Science Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has released the summary of its much-awaited “Assessment Report on the Sustainable Use of Wild Species” at Bonn, Germany. The IPBES Assessment Report on the Sustainable Use …